Giulia Safina Popa vs Sofia Maria BarbulescuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇴Giulia Safina Popa
#620 · 16 yrs · Left-Handed
Title1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇷🇴Sofia Maria Barbulescu
Unranked · 20 yrs
9wGiulia Safina Popa and Sofia Maria Barbulescu have met 1 time since 2026; Giulia Safina Popa leads 1–0. Across all meetings Popa has taken 2 sets to Barbulescu's 0. Their most recent meeting: Giulia Safina Popa won at W15 Galati (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Safina Popa | Maria Barbulescu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Giulia Safina Popa | Sofia Maria Barbulescu | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 72% | 21/29 | 60% | 3/5 |
| Wins a set when losing | 29% | 2/7 | 20% | 1/5 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 28% | 10/36 | 30% | 3/10 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 9/18 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 100% | 4/4 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 3/6 | 33% | 1/3 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 96% | 26/27 | 80% | 4/5 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 21/27 | 60% | 3/5 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Safina Popa 1, Maria Barbulescu 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Popa
⚔️ The Gladiator
Barbulescu
🏃 Pusher
Matchup analysis
The ⚔️ The Gladiator archetype wins about 80% vs 🏃 Pusher across 1,106 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Giulia Safina Popa.
The Gladiator players often use physical intensity and balanced game to pressure the pusher's extreme retrieval.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jun 24, 2026
W15 Galati
C Clay · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Popa | Barbulescu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 15–2 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.50 | - |
| ROI % | +17.4% | - |
| Units P/L | +2.97u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Popa | Barbulescu |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 12 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | USA → FRA → AUT → FRA → AUT | — |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Elizara Yaneva
W50 Burgas · 1st Round
Oct 7
Anna Ozerova
W50 Burgas · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 5
Julia Hofmann
W50 Burgas · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 4
Sonja Zhenikhova
W15 Varna · Final
Oct 4
Sapfo Sakellaridi
W15 Varna · Semifinals
Oct 3
Oana Georgeta Simion
W15 Varna · Quarterfinals
Oct 2
Beatris Spasova
W15 Varna · 2nd Round
Oct 1
Iulia Maria Buculei
W15 Varna · 1st Round
Sep 29
Carolina Dibenedetto
W15 Bucharest · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 10
Christina Bednarczyk
W15 Bucharest · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 9
Giulia Safina Popa
W15 Galati · 1st Round
Jun 24
Matylda Burylo
W15 Galati · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jun 22
Darya Volkova
W15 Galati · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 22
Alessia Marinescu
W15 Bucharest · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jun 16
Sonia Erika Butuc Cerchez
W15 Bucharest · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 15
Ana Maria Brotea
W15 Bucharest · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 14
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 10–36 matches
| Metric | Popa | Barbulescu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 78% | 50% |
| Sets won | 73% | 48% |
| Games won | 60% | 50% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Popa | Barbulescu |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Popa | Barbulescu |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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